Differentiation of early perforated from nonperforated appendicitis: MDCT findings, MDCT diagnostic performance, and clinical outcome

Abdominal Imaging

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 459-466

  Kim, Mi Sung ^a   Park, Hae Won ^a   Park, Ji Yeon ^a   Park, Hee Jin ^a   Lee, So Yeon ^a   Hong, Hyun Pyo ^a   Kwag, Hyon Joo ^a   Kwon, Heon Ju ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Clinical outcome; Early perforated appendicitis; Imaging findings; MDCT

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; PAMIRAY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADULT; AGED; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; APPENDIX PERFORATION; ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT; APPENDIX; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRAINAGE; IMAGE PROCESSING; INTESTINAL PERFORATION; LENGTH OF STAY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PROCEDURES; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; APPENDIX; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INTESTINAL PERFORATION; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; OBSERVER VARIATION; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84903454920     PISSN: 09428925     EISSN: 14320509     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00261-014-0117-x     Document Type: Article

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